Article-turner.



H. ZIMMERMAN.

ARTICLE TURNER.

7 APPLICATION FILED SEPT. a, 1906.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909. z SHEETS-SHEET 1.

INVENTD R H. ZIMMERMAN.

ARTIGLE TURNER.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. s, 1906.

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PATENT ormos.

HARRY ZIMMERMAN, OF FREMONT, OHIO.

ARTICLE-TURNER.

No. 917,833. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 8, 1906. SerialNo. 333,741.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY ZIMMERMAN, a

citizen of the United States, residin at Fre-- mont, in the county ofSandusky and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Article-Turner, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an automatic machine, and 'moreparticularly tomechan- -ism whereby an article may be held at one portion and otherportions of the article moved past the held portion, as in reversing orturning the article, after which operation the article is discharged.

This invention has utility when adapted to turning articles, as mittenand glove thumbs, mittens and gloves, as in the course of manufacture ofthese articles a turning of them inside out is necessary.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1.is a perspective view of anembodiment of the invention in a glove turning machine, showing themachine in position to receive an unturned article as a turned articleis 'being discharged, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of a glove turning machine at a later stage than in Fig. 1,elements having come together to hold the article and the turningoperation just started, parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail viewshowing the position of the parts after the article has been turned offfrom the unturned article receiving element onto the turned articlereceivin element. The next stage of movement would'be the discharge ofthe article turned as shown in Fig. 1.

The flexible driving means or belt 1 serves to continuously drive thepulley 2 fixed to the shaft 3 mounted 'in the frame 4. Also mounted uponand fixed to the shaft 3 is the pinion 5 and fly-wheel 6. The pinion 5meshes with the gear 7 fixed to the. shaft 8 mounted in the frame 4.

Fixed on the shaft 8 are the cams 8 and 10,

engaging the respective peri heries of which are rollers on twoarms of te rock lever 11 which lever is mounted on the shaft 12 as a fulcrum.The'end of. the lever 11 remote from the cams 9 and 1.0 is connected tothe link 13, which link, as the lever is' positively rocked by the cams,serves to reciprocate the member 14 I which has lateral extensionsslidable in the guides 15 mounted on the framework 4. 7

A third cam 16 is mounted'on the shaft 8. This cam has a groove in itsside in which 1 travels a roller carried by the rock lever17, whichlever is mounted on the shaft 12 as a fulcrum. The end of the lever 17remote from the cam 16 is connected to link 18, whereby when the shaft 8is rotated the link 1 18 is reciprocated and moves the member 19 up anddown in the guides 15. The member 19 at one end has parallel extensionsor fingers 20 which are designed to yield laterally. Between eachopposed pair of extensions 20 at the outer extremity is a tip 21 havinga seat thereon as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. These tips 21 are mounted onrods 22 extending through the member 19. Fixed to the rods 22 below themember 19 are enlargements 24, against which springs 23 surround ingthe. rods act and normally keep the tips 21 in the position shown inFig. 1. The tips 21 will accordingly remain in the relation to theextensions 20 as the member 19 rises until the tips meet withresistance, when they will stop while member 19 may continue moving.

A fourth cam 25 is mounted on shaft 8. This cam, like cam 16, has anendless groove in its lateral face. Engaging in the groove of cam 25 isan arm of the rock lever 26 mounted on the shaft 12 as a fulcrum. Theend of the lever 26 remote from the cam 25, is connected to the link 27which extends to the upper part of the machine where it is connected tolink 28 which controls the work. To the opposite end of lever 29 to thelink 28 is the article discharge controlling bar 30-which by the spring31 is held against the turned article receiving element 32 having theextensions or fingers 33 movable into opposition to the tip-ls 21. v

' The element 32 is pivota y mounted on the shaft 34. On this shaft isthe torsion 35 acts through arm 37 to move the element 32 on shaft 34into the position shown in Fig. 1. Bar 30 and spring 31 tend tocounteract the action of spring 35 by pressure against element 32, andas lin 27 moves downward, the linkage 28 29, acting through bar 30,swings element 32 into position overrnember 19. This limit of movementis accurately (.l' termined by thearms 38 moving against theadjustablestops 39. v I

Operation: The machine as 'herem dis- .closed is adapted to turning,loves which have the fingers sewed and the t iumb turned Patented April13, 1909.

movements of lever 29 pivoted to the frame-- spring 35 the action ofwhich may be regu- ,lated through adjustment 36. The spring" and sewedin, so there remains the four fingers to be turned. The article 40 isdrawn over the unturned article receiving member 19 when the machine isin the position shown in Fig. 1. In regular running, shaft 8 isfdrivencontinuously and through the cams thereon ositively rocks the levers11,- 17 and 26. 8n further movement of the shaft 8 from the positionshown in Fig. 1, the element 32 is moved into line with the tips 21 andtelescoping members 14 and 19 move a little, member 19 movingsufficiently to bring the extensions or fingers 33 into contact with theconcaved seats on the ti s 21 which serve as a holding means for the cosed end of the article.- The rigid element 32 a ainst. the extensionsof which the tips 21 abut to hold a portion of the article, determines afixed point or portion of the article in regard to which the remoterportions of the article are moved progressively. The beginning of theabutting of extensions 33 and tips 21 is shown in Fig. 2. As member 19rises, the fingers 20'te1esco e the extensions33 causing the fingers oft 1e love to be turned. During this operation 0 ogging of.

the material in the fingers is effectually prevented by independentlymovable element's,

. comprising rods 22 having tips 21 which enshown-in is automaticallydischarged on to the ingage 'and hold the closed ends of the fingers inposition against thefinger portions of Ionitudinally immovable pivotedelement 32.

s this pro ressive movement in turning the fingers is ta lring place,the hand and gauntlet or wrist portion of the glove are likewise beingmoved progressively by the telescoping member 14. T 1e fingers move tocompletely telescope each other as ap ears from en-- largements 1n theposition s own in Fig. 3.

In this figure it will be noted that the member'14 will move the handand wrist portions of the glove past the fingers and the glovebecompletely turned.v Further rotation of the shaft 8 brings the articleturning mechanism from the osition shown in Fig. 3' to that ig. 1 wherethe turned article 41 clined board 42 where it may roll into .a basket',as the operator is placing an unturned article on the machine for a reetition of the cycle of operations, which wit a skilful operator mayrecur very rapidly with a minimum of fatigue. y

The idea of the invertion'herein disclosed is not to be limited bythedrawings and description to any greater extent than the ordmarymeaning of the terms of the claims demand. In other words, the elementsset forth in the claims are to be 1 interpreted broadly, giving me theadvantage of equivalents in the protection of my idea. What is claimedand it is desired to secure by Letters Patent v 1. In an article turner,the combination of turned and imturned article receiving elements, oneof which comprises laterally yleldable portions telescoping the otherele- -ment.

2. The combination of abutting article receiving element, an abuttingelement cooperating with the article receiving element to hold anarticle and a reci. rocable article turning member movable re atively tothe abutting element.

6. The combination of a pivoted article receiving element and arelatively reciprocable article turning member movable to telescope theelement. a

7. The combination of a pivoted article receiving element, a secondelement abutting the pivoted element and cooperating therewith to holdan article and a reciprocable article turning member to telescope one ofthe elements.

' 8 The combination of a pivoted article receiving element and aplurality of telescoping article turning members successively movablefor turning the article from the members onto the element.

9. In an article turner for articles having a closed end; thecombination of an article receiving element, element abutting means tofixedly engage the closed end of the article and a reciprocable memberto turn the article. i

10.- An article turner comprising in combination an unturned articlereceiving member, a turned article receiving element, actuatingmechanism for turning the article from the member onto the element, andpivoted means to discharge the article from the element. 1

- 11. In a glove turner, means for preventing the clogging of the glovefinger material, comprising opposing members, one of which includesindependently. movable elements, each element for engaging the end of adifferent finger of the. glove.

In testimony whereof'l' allix my, signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HARR Y ZIMMER MA N.

Witnesses:

PAUL E. SonAaF, FRANK C. Krsna.

